Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 11/05/2018 - Will America vote for Trump's fascism on Tuesday? Thom surveys the political landscape. Bernie stops by, Greg Palast has tips for actually voting, and former congressman Bob Ney triangulates.
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 5 November 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Thom considers the political mood on the eve of the election and looks at interesting stories. A Canadian fan letter sparks Thom's suggestion that America might also use a national medicare identification card for voting, though that would give Republicans one more reason to oppose national health insurance for the U.S. .. Thom reflects on a new Daily Beast article by Matt Lewis that considers the historical backlash advantage for sitting presidents who lose a branch to another party during midterms. ------------ Senator Bernie Sanders phones in to speculate on the implications of the election, the urgency for all voters to cast ballots, and the necessity for Democrats to take the lead in reform. ------------ Thom looks at some interesting stories. ------------ Greg Palast offers suggestions of how to avoid the "back of the bus" ballot treatment at the polls. ------------ Thom reads from 'Proof of Collusion: How Trump Betrayed America', chapter one. ------------ Talk Media News' Bob Ney triangulates how the field stands the day before the election. ------------ And finally, listeners ask why so many boomers on Medicare want to vote for a party working to destroy it. And why do Republicans keep lying about voter fraud?
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:15.0 | Greetings by friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth, |
| 0:20.0 | and justice, believers, and peace, freedom freedom and the American way. |
| 0:25.0 | And boy what a consequential election. |
| 0:28.4 | It is remarkable. |
| 0:29.8 | We have a big program today, a big show. |
| 0:32.3 | First of all, I want to start out telling you about this amazing |
| 0:35.0 | thing I learned about Canada over the weekend and wrote an op-ed about it. Oh and |
| 0:40.0 | we also have a quote for the day. Remember, here it is. |
| 0:45.4 | Remember, remember the 5th of November, |
| 0:47.5 | gunpowder treason and plot. |
| 0:49.4 | I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. |
| 0:54.0 | Right. |
| 0:55.0 | Okay, I wanted to start out by telling you this incredible thing I learned. |
| 0:59.0 | First of all, you know, kind of the setup. |
| 1:01.0 | We all know that the Republican Party in large parts of the |
| 1:05.3 | United States, particularly in red states where they control the voting |
| 1:09.2 | process. They have really taken, only hold power by virtue of the fact that they control who can vote |
| 1:15.9 | and whether their vote gets counted or not. |
| 1:19.1 | The Republican Party has completely taken to heart Joe Stalin's old advice famously said back in the |
| 1:25.4 | 30s that it doesn't matter who votes. What matters is who counts the votes. |
| 1:31.0 | So you know their main electoral strategy outside of fear, |
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